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✍️ Constrained grammars
The chat endpoint accepts an additional grammar parameter which takes a BNF defined grammar.
This allows the LLM to constrain the output to a user-defined schema, allowing to generate JSON, YAML, and everything that can be defined with a BNF grammar.
This feature works only with models compatible with the llama.cpp backend (see also Model compatibility). For details on how it works, see the upstream PRs: https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/pull/1773, https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/pull/1887
Setup
Follow the setup instructions from the LocalAI functions page.
💡 Usage example
For example, to constrain the output to either yes, no:
curl http://localhost:8080/v1/chat/completions -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{
"model": "gpt-4",
"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Do you like apples?"}],
"grammar": "root ::= (\"yes\" | \"no\")"
}'
Last updated 19 Jan 2024, 19:23 +0100 .